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The head of The Indonesian Control Body for Stock Market (Bapepam) Herwidayatmo last month stated that the number of public investors in Indonesia now number only 55,000, down from 1995 when there were more than two million investors.

Herwidayatmo said this is caused by three main factors: The economy, lack of good corporate governance and investor disappointment with stock market services. Are these reasons valid? Let’s look at some other facts.

We might believe that sustainable development is the only direction to which leads the history of humankind. Whether this is a doctrine or a cliché something looks clearer and clearer by the day: The rich are living off the resources of the poor.